Lexicon Devil Cryptic No. 1

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Lexicon Devil Cryptic No. 1

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Richard B.
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Ricky, I enjoyed it! Nice work.

A couple of thoughts/questions: (1) 11a — isn’t there an extra “r” in the anagram? How about “Wanna become a poet, sir? Badly!” (2) 22a — I don’t get the wordplay (I assume the answer to be SPOKEN) and (3) should 14d’s letter distribution be (1,4)?
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Fun!

My score: 290

Is that good??
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